[amsat-bb] Re: First attempt with beam antennas. . .crap

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacob Tennant" <k8jwt at comcast.net>
To: <K8KFJ at aol.com>; <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 2:25 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] First attempt with beam antennas. . .crap
>
> One problem I found in tear down was that when my experimental antenna
base mount turned it changed the up-tilt angle of the antennas from above 30
degrees to the west to 10 degrees to the east so my aiming was less than
optimal as well as I was doing armstrong method for spinning them and had to
run from deck to antenna and back as well as trying to make a qso if
possible.
>
>
> Jacob Tennant - K8JWT

Hi Jacob, K8JWT

The next time you mount your antenna base use a plumb bob to hang
perpendicularly !

73" de

i8CVS Domenico